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ld and h that I think he can handle all of this nastiness”
“No,” Dianne shook her head, “it’s not him I’m worried about”
“Ah” Jason walked slowly along the driveway, kicking at the blood-stained rocks “You’re thinking about the rest of these punks, eh?”
“There ayhere that they ounded by that last blast, and there were probably several more ounded by the first blasts in the woods They’ve pulled back for now, but I can’t iain once they’ve licked their wounds”
“So we get ready for them The traps worked like a charm so we set more of them out in the woods and all around the peri, we’ll set ‘eht”
All-out warfare had never been in Dianne’s blood As she stood in the driveway of her horavel and off in the leaves ast the trees, she realized that she wasn’t half-bad at it
“How long will it take you to h to replace all the ones in the woods, add twice as many out there and plant plenty outside the house?”
“The rest of the day, if I’m quick and have help Jacob and Josie can do a bit, but I’ll need more hands than that if you want to be able to set them all up by tomorrow”
Dianne nodded “That should be fine My guess is that they won’t be back for another couple days at the soonest They’ll be coh, so we need to be ready for them”
Jason slowly strode up next to Dianne and planted a firm hand on her shoulder “Oh, we’ll be ready for them We’ll be ready”
Chapter 12
Washington, DC
“Gentlemen!” Rick was in the lead as he, Jane and Dr Evans walked out of the building with packs on their backs and bags in their hands “Sorry that took so long We have everything we need and we’re ready to assist”
Ostap nodded in the affirheads were just discussing the three possible locations for this facility where the command and control network is located They conferred with your Dr Evans who concluded that this facility is least likely to contain it, but is still necessary to explore”
“Oh yes, we hly” Dr Evans nodded “Since the most likely facility to the north was also empty, we just have two locations left, so the sooner we start, the better”